Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-05-06

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asked Alice wlv all nevar s,,agastad i
walk IN th. nrnman ads s. l1nca NOR.
they sought tia oav. THRONE, q. and 'nncc
more Alice looked al "a mirinolv into his
handsome face ana wondsyad Il she
could not be han,nv a. his wife.
She confiied har new "hann,inaaa IA
her mother laI,uh;no and crv;no 81.
ernatelv "a sha d;d a. shA said sh.,
was afra;d xha did Mt zloua Mr. Vs..
bnrt an m,1chs hit .sbe - ;oht .aorr ="
And then Mira Ashhnrv fendar com.
passionate, motherly, seeking above
everything her child s happiness, con-
fessed that she had told Mr., Yewbur-
ton the. secret--had told him the
glasses and the ugly band were noth-
ing but q fad-perhaps a test. ~.
She said, xpostulsting:
"Was it not enouoh child Ia chill
any mans ardor to think YOU MIGHT
90 blind and he nermanentlr ont IF
haalth2 M. va,,,.,,,,t 49,, - - -.
tic. he is a. thonohtf,,I l;ndlu mon
and the fntnre to hin; ia MT tha ;m'
possible region Of a hov's drea :"
Thon a,;eo ia or;oa 49, o.a 1,;+4o, .
u, e. ho5 neeI ,. .a.eu ion t4iil oittel-
Of her mothers remarks and said sha
would try to love Mr.. Yewbnrton #
he wished to hold her to her nrom;se
When matters had reacbad this
point-two DAYS only altar Mrs Ash
bury's confession-when the mask was
still being worn from the verv uncer.
tainty and distraction OF events. re-
turned suddenly that soft swimmer
evening like p drenm Of the mast into
Alice's troubled life Jaw
ro,,u ,a..a e o.4,A
, rt;a';y,o , 10 w. ~, 10y; lev o. 1ne ABOVE
cann1't daso n tn1 tt hc ~ NY atiival
plexitv into which I was nIunped. how
under Mrs. Ashburv's Guidance and
her assistance, / played thefrienI and
waited-waited for the time which
Mrs. Ashbury said was at hand. when
Mr.. Yewburton would RESIGN his nrize
would be glad to dissolve the engage
ment.
Alice, now the secret was out, had
thrown of her disguise. She appeared
to him beautiful, faultless, priceless,
but oh! had he possessed eyes to see,
how cold and Ioveless!
On the few occasions when he met
me he exhibited some slioht svmntoms
of jealousy and drew closer 50 closa
to the woman he loved than
T now began to feel mvself a. dis
honorable man. .must 90 awav: he
would never give her nm no not #
Alice asked him And What was the
moor child to do9 Tell him sha d;d
not love him? She had told him
"But YOU have loved me-" he said:
"it is a fancy: passing shadow OF
sweet canrice. Yon will love me again.
and ten times mora than hefora
1... .r
i'as., ~ wy w. oli%y "1s pien'
nay o ":t at Tvs "esS c 1nree weeks
%u9 sltei 1nfe' uIS1 awful cohi1lc' l
i hau A'oC cell!pIso Alice; AnGeeo' nao
oGen gIrp1's Sc AZ che selt-maseery
"nlcn naa SHOWN
The day for my leaving had arrived;
Alice seemed quiet, emotionless, re-
signed.
The September sun was streaming
through the open window. The violin
was in Allce's hand. I had asked her
to play something-my last request.
eyes," said Mr.. Yewburton, "do."
She began to play 'Robin Adair,"
then initiating Mr.. Yewburton, she
broke of, and made the violin wall
out her feelings, which were those OF
intense sorrow. Mr.. Yewburton lis
tened critically, I thought, at first,
but when a few moments had passed,
and looked across at him. he was
wholly absorbed in looking through
the opening between the curtain and
the wall-at lady by the gate.
No wonder a man like Mr.. Yewbur-
ton was looking there. The lady lis
tening to Alice's music, which foated
into the quiet, sun-steeped street,
standing beside a bath-chair, and bend
ing over the invalid with an express
sion OF tender reverence. was an en-
chanting picture. "Ah!' | said to
myself, :" would that Mr.. 4ewburson
knew her. wish he would get to know
her-become enthralled IN her beauty
(which seemed unusually striking and
leave my Alice to me-"
Within twenty.four hours after that,
Mr.. Yewburton was talking to that
very woman, was smiling in her face.
That afternoon l called at; Mrs.
Ashbury's again. # was my last day
the last with Alice forever. Who
snai! blame me! .G,H
Alice was engaged-she was engaged
In conversation with that very lady,
ana when sne nad gone learned her
MISSION. one hao come 90 Deg as q
great favor tnat MISS Asnoury would
lake ner violln that evening ana play
1or an nour TO her sister, g. lady who
was an lnVano-wno' IN 1act' was dy'
ing. =. ,.,,
& Alice na0 seen the 1nV9ll0'S CATT10pa